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E. T. WOLCOT'I.

WIREY MATTRESS.

No. 267,631. Patented Nov. 14. 1882.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD T. WOLGOTT, OF' KENOSHA, WISCONSIN, ASSIGNR TOJUIMSELF AND ZALMANG. SIMMONS, OF SAME PLAGE.

WIRE MATTRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming pere ef Letters Patent No. 267,631, dated November14, 1882,

l Application .led September il, 1882. (No model.)

To all lwhom tt may concern:

Be it known that LEDWAED T.WoLcoTT, of Kenosha, in the county ot'Kenosha and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Im- 5 provedWire Mattress, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

`It is well known that Wire mattresses after being used for some timebecome sagged in the center, making the bed unpleasant and uncom- Iofortable to lie upon.

The object of my invention is to provide a mattress that will not sag,but retain its even surface and elasticity.

My invention consists in elastic supporting:

15 springs stretched diagonally across the mattress-frame from corner tocorner immediately under the mattress, so as to provide an extra amountof strength at the center ot' the mattress at the point where thegreatest weight 2o rests.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawing, forming part of thisspecification, in which the figure isaplan View ot' mylimprovedmattress, a part being broken away to show z5 the supporting-springs.

A is the frame of the mattress, consisting of the side bars, a a, andthe end bars, b b,the end bars being secured on the top of the endsofthe side bars, a a, by the boltsc7 the space 3e between the side barsa and the mattress prowviding for the depression of the mattress whenweight is placed upon it.

B is the mattress, made of spring-wire and of any of the usualwell-known forms. The

3 5 mattress is suspended from the end bars b b, to which it is' securedby means of cleats d d,

| the ends of the wires being bent down and placed between the cleatsand the end bars, where they arermlyheld by the cleats, which aresecurely nailed or screwed to the end bars. 4o

VBetween the diagonal corners of the frame A are stretched elasticsprings C (l. These springs may be made of any suitable elasticvmaterial, but are preferably made of springsteel wire. rIlle springs CC, as shown, are 45 composed of a series ot' spirally-coled wires,placed side by side, to form one continuous spring. The ends ofthesprings C C are clamped and firmly held. between the end bars,

b b, and the cleats d d at diagonally-opposite corners of the frame A,and by their elasticity serve to support the mattress B in the center ofits length and width, where the greatest weight of the body ofa personrests when lying on the bed. 55

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

l As anew article ofmanuacture, a bed consisting ot' a rectangular framehaving support- 6o ing-springs stretched from corner to corner, andcovered with a wire mattress, substantially as shown and specified.

2. The combination, with a spring-mattress suspended from end bars b, offrame A, ot' the 65 diagonal-crossing.springs C O, formed ofspirally-coled wires, as shown and described.

EDWARD T. VVOLCOTT.

Witnesses:

J. A. KILLEEN, F. L. BILLINGS.

